Chicken à la Bonne Femme

Ingredients

• chicken breasts

  split in half (about 2½ pounds)
  3 unit
• salt
  ½ teaspoon
• ground black pepper
  ¼ teaspoon
• butter or margarine
  2 tablespoons
• chopped onion
  ½ cup
• x 4 ounce can sliced mushrooms (drain; reserve liquid)
  1 unit
• garlic

  minced
  2 cloves
• flour
  3 tablespoons
• tomato paste
  ¼ cup
• chicken broth
  1½ cups
• dry white wine
  ½ cup
• brandy
  ½ cup
• sour cream
  ½ cup
• hot cooked rice
  3 cups
• chopped fresh parsley for garnish (optional)
  1 unit